Sunday, November 16, 2014

This group won 91 percent of Congressional races in which they endorsed a candidate

With all the numbers tallied, out of 251 races,
NRA-backed candidates won in 229, over 91 percent of Congressional races
in which they endorsed a candidate.
According to the Washington Examiner, NRA spokesman Andrew
Arulanandam explained that the Second Amendment group was able to win at
this level because individual NRA members were motivated to vote for
freedom. He said: “Our members came out in droves and voted for their
rights and their freedom. This was one of the most successful election
cycles in a decade.”
He listed some of the higher profile wins as the defeat of Senators
Kay Hagan (D-NC) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.), both of whom were replaced by
NRA-endorsed candidates with an “A” rating on gun rights.
And while groups like Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety largely
endorsed incumbents to pad their resume or piggy-backed on the NRA by
endorsing the same candidate as the NRA in some races–Michigan Governor
Rick Snyder (R) for instance–Arulanandam said the NRA threw its weight
behind candidates in tough races when gun rights were on the line. One
such race was in Virginia, where former pro-Second Amendment challenger
Ed Gillespie (R) tried to unseat pro-gun control Senator Mark Warner
(R-VA).Keep on reading...